Is there a way to show chapter name as header on every page?

[Dragan Tanevski]

Is there way to show chapter name as header on every page?
i was looking for this on the forums, but couldn't find it. Sorry if this is a repost.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Dragan Tanevski

Is there way to show chapter name as header on every page?
i was looking for this on the forums, but couldn't find it. Sorry if this is a repost.

In reflowable text there are no 'pages'

HTML has the <title> block, but very few EPUB(2) devices do anything with that block

EPUB3 may (I don't have any need, so I never studied this). Again, Limited to those devices that support EPUB3

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by Dragan Tanevski

Is there way to show chapter name as header on every page?
i was looking for this on the forums, but couldn't find it. Sorry if this is a repost.

AFAIK, headers and footers are reader specific features. IIRC, only Kobo kepubs will automatically display chapter titles as header.

There are special header and footer styles, but, AFAIK, no ePub2 reading app supports them and they're deprecated in ePub3.

[rubeus]

Has nothing to do with Sigil, but with ePub.

[BetterRed]

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[Notjohn]

FWIW, I've noticed that for Kindle readers, Amazon (i.e., the KDP) ignores the included metadata and instead uses the book title as it is entered on one's KDP Bookshelf.

[theducks]

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[dgatwood]

The answer is yes, in theory, with CSS, but in practice, I don't think any reading systems support it.

@page {
    @top-center {
      /* content: element(header); */
      content: "This is a test.";
    }
}

And it is probably a good thing that they don't support it, because I accidentally left the markup above (complete with "This is a test") in some books that I shipped.

[Turtle91]

Originally Posted by dgatwood

The answer is yes, in theory, with CSS, but in practice, I don't think any reading systems support it.

@page {
    @top-center {
      /* content: element(header); */
      content: "This is a test.";
    }
}

And it is probably a good thing that they don't support it, because I accidentally left the markup above (complete with "This is a test") in some books that I shipped.

Shudder.... I think I just spit up in my mouth a little bit....

If I ever bought a book that used the above code...or anything that forced me to lose my precious reading realestate...I would return it and demand my money back.

There are a few apps/readers that allow a user to CHOOSE to display a title or chapter name at the top of a page... but IMHO using CSS - or hard coding it into the book - is a big no no.

It is very easy to tell which book/chapter you are reading if you are curious... people do not have to have it shoved in their faces on every page. [/rant]

[crankypants]

This is more a function of the reader or its software. Moon Reader shows the chapter name in the footer of every page.

[theducks]

If I forget what I am reading on my PEz, I choose the "About" item on the Menu.
I bring up the Menu to also make the status line show the 'Progress" 23/295 display.
There is no current chapter display on my antique device